Key Points and Summary on the M48 Patton Tank - Developed to counter the Soviet armored threat in the 1950s, the M48 Patton became a crucial American main battle tank during the Cold War. -The mission ...

At the U.S. Army First Division Museum in Wheaton, Illinois, you can see a real-life version of the M48 Patton Tank. The nickname on the turret reads “Snoopy,” but this was anything but a sleepy ...

Army Chief of Staff and Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur watched a brigade of steel-helmeted soldiers precisely align themselves in a straight four-column phalanx, bayonets affixed to rifles. He nodded his ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. — About two dozen young men and women from the Elizabethtown area raised their right hands in front of the entrance to the Patton Museum of Leadership June 14. In celebration of the U.S ...

A seven-month long project began outside Fort Knox's Patton Museum during the first week in November that, when complete, will allow visitors faster and more direct museum access. The Patton Museum is ...

Nearly 70 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, then-Lt. Gen. George S. Patton took command of the American Third Army in France. For the next 30 days they rolled straight toward the German border. Patton ...

In February 1945, a United Press International reporter interviewed an Oklahoma sniper credited with killing over 130 Germans. Sergeant Horace West told the correspondent his rifle was named after his ...